Image reading device illuminating a white reference member at a lower luminous intensity to generate black correction data for shading correction

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PATENT NO 9992375
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15415067

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An image reading device includes: a sensor module having a light source and a plurality of sensors; a white reference plate; and an image processor that generates correction data to be used for shading correction and performs the shading correction on image signals, using the correction data. The light source is configured to switch between at least a first luminous intensity and a second luminous intensity lower than the first luminous intensity. The image processor acquires intermediate data by causing the plurality of sensors to acquire an image signal of the white reference plate illuminated with the second luminous intensity, generates black correction data, based on the intermediate data, and performs the shading correction, using the black correction data, so that a density unevenness, in an image, caused by interference between image signals from the plurality of sensors.

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  • PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

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Fusayasu, Hirotsugu Kyoto, JP 47 615
Hirota, Tatsuya Fukuoka, JP 23 354
Inokuchi, Katsuo Fukuoka, JP 5 24
Matsubara, Ryo Osaka, JP 96 987
Tutiya, Yuuichi Osaka, JP 5 24

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